Tag Archives: 2023

Iron & Wine: Light Verse

On April 26, 2024, “Sub Pop” label released “Light Verse”, the seventh Iron & Wine studio album. It was recorded in 2023, at “Waystation” in Los Angeles, “Silent Zoo Studios” in Glendale, California, and was produced by Sam Beam.

Personnel:

  • Sam Beam – vocals, guitar, art direction, artwork
  • Fiona Apple – vocals
  • David Garza – guitar, Zither, kalimba
  • Paul Cartwright – guitar, strings
  • Tyler Chester – piano, organ
  • Sebastian Steinberg – bass
  • Stephanie Payne – contrabass
  • Steve Pfifer – contrabass
  • Elizabeth Goodfellow, Griffin Goldsmith, Kyle Crane – drums, percussion
  • Aiko Richter, Alyssa Park, Andrew Bulbrook, Anna Kostyuchek, Ashoka Thiagarajan, Chris Woods, Ina Veli, Kerenza Peacock, Luanne Homzy, Megan Shung, Neel Hammond, Sarah Thornblade, Stephanie Matthews, Yvette Holzwarth – violin
  • Andrew Duckles, Erik Rynearson, Zach Dellinger, Linnea Powell, Rita Andrade, Stefan Smith – viola
  • Charlie Taylor – cello
  • Evgeny Tonkha – cello
  • Timothy Loo – cello
  • Vanessa Freebairn – Smith – cello
  • Paul Cartwright – arrangements
  • Dave Way – engineer, recording
  • Dave Boucher – additional recording
  • Richard Dodd – mastering
  • Dusty Summers – art direction

Track listing:

All tracks by Sam Beam.

  1. You Never Know
  2. Anyone’s Game
  3. All in Good Time
  4. Cutting It Close
  5. Taken by Surprise
  6. Yellow Jacket
  7. Sweet Talk
  8. Tears That Don’t Matter
  9. Bag of Cats
  10. Angels Go Home

The Melvins: Tarantula Heart

On April 19, 2024, “via Ipecac” label released “Tarantula Heart”, the 27th Melvins (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Toshi Kasai, Buzz Osborne, Gary Chester, Steven Shane McDonald, Dale Crover and Roy Mayorga.

Personnel:

  • Buzz Osborne – vocals, guitar
  • Gary Chester – guitar
  • Steven Shane McDonald – bass
  • Dale Crover – drums
  • Roy Mayorga – drums

Track listing:

  1. Pain Equals Funny
  2. Working the Ditch
  3. She’s Got Weird Arms
  4. Allergic to Food
  5. Smiler

Pearl Jam: Dark Matter

On April 19, 2024, “Monkeywrench” and “Republic” labels released “Dark Matter”, the twelfth Pearl Jam studio album. It was recorded in 2023, at “Shangri-La” in Malibu, California, and was produced by Andrew Watt.

Personnel:

  • Eddie Vedder – lead and backing vocals, guitar, piano
  • Mike McCready – guitar, piano
  • Stone Gossard – guitar
  • Jeff Ament – bass guitar, guitar, baritone guitar, backing vocals
  • Matt Cameron – drums, percussion
  • Andrew Watt – guitar, piano, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Josh Klinghoffer – piano, keyboards
  • Mark Smith  – backing vocals
  • Marco Sonzini – engineer
  • Paul LaMalfa – engineer
  • John Burton – additional engineering
  • Tommy Turner – engineer assistant
  • Gregg White – engineering assistant
  • Serban Ghenea – mixing
  • Bryce Bordone – mixing
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Chelsea Fodero – production coordination
  • Marc VanGool – guitar technician, studio assistance

Track listing:

All lyrics by Eddie Vedder, all music by Eddie Vedder, Mike McCready, Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament and Andrew Watt, except where noted.

  1. Scared of Fear
  2. React, Respond
  3. Wreckage
  4. Dark Matter
  5. Won’t Tell
  6. Upper Hand
  7. Waiting for Stevie
  8. Running
  9. Something Special – Eddie Vedder, Mike McCready, Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament, Josh Klinghoffer
  10. Got to Give
  11. Setting Sun

T Bone Burnett: The Other Side

On April 19, 2024, “Verve” label released “The Other Side”, the 15th T Bone Burnett album. It was recorded in 2023, at “Pinhead Recorders” in Nashville, “The Village” in Los Angeles, and was produced by T Bone Burnett, Colin Linden and Mike Piersante.

Personnel:

  • T Bone Burnett – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Colin Linden – dobro, acoustic and electric guitar, Kalamazoo guitar, National guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar 
  • Steven Soles – hi-strung acoustic guitar, harmony vocals
  • Rory Hoffman – dobro, claviola, clarinet, cuatro, acoustic guitar
  • Stuart Duncan – mandolin, violin
  • Mike Piersante – tambourine, handclaps
  • Jay Bellerose – tambourine, handclaps
  • Dennis Crouch – string bass
  • Rosanne Cash – harmony vocals
  • Lucius – harmony vocals
  • Peter More – harmony vocals
  • Weyes Blood – harmony vocals
  • Colin Linden – engineer
  • Mike Piersante – engineer, mixing
  • Mike Stankiewicz – engineer
  • Gavin Lurssen – mastering
  • Reuben Cohen – mastering
  • Kyledidthis – creative direction, design
  • Tai Linzie – art coordination
  • Dan Winters – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by T Bone Burnett, except where noted.

  1. He Came Down
  2. Come Back (When You Go Away
  3. (I’m Gonna Get Over This) Some Day
  4. Waiting for You – Colin Linden
  5. The Pain of Love
  6. The Race Is Won
  7. Sometimes I Wonder – Colin Linden
  8. Hawaiian Blue Song – Bob Neuwirth, Steven Soles
  9. The First Light of Day – Steven Soles
  10. Everything and Nothing – Gary Nicholson
  11. The Twon That Time Forgot – Peter Moore
  12. Little Darling

Joe Bonamassa: Tales Of Time

On April 14, 2023, “J&R Adventures” label released “Tales of Time”, the 18th Joe Bonamassa live album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Red Rocks Amphitheatre” in Morrison, Colorado, and was produced by Kevin Shirley.

Personnel:

  • Joe Bonamassa – vocals, guitar, theremin, liner notes
  • Josh Smith – guitar
  • Reese Wynans – keyboards
  • Calvin Turner – bass guitar
  • Lemar Carter – drums, percussion
  • Dannielle DeAndrea – vocals, percussion
  • Jade MacRae – vocals, percussion 
  • Mahalia Barnes – vocals, percussion
  • John Kaylor – recording
  • Kevin Shirley – mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Rachael Johnston – artwork
  • Kate Moss – design
  • Moonshine Design – design
  • Jenise Jensen – cover photography
  • Jenise Jensen Photography – live photography
  • Robert Hambling – cover titles
  • Roy Weisman – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Notches
  2. The Heart That Never Waits
  3. Curtain Call
  4. Mind’s Eye
  5. Questions and Answers
  6. The Loyal Kind
  7. Known Unknowns
  8. Time Clocks
  9. Just ‘Cos You Can Don’t Mean You Should
  10. Evil Mama

Feist: Multitudes

On April 14, 2023, “Polydor” label released “Multitudes”, the sixth Feist studio album. It was recorded 2022 – 2023, and was produced by Leslie Feist, Robbie Lackritz, Blake Mills, Mike Mills and Mocky.

Personnel:

  • Leslie Feist – lead and additional vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, drums, recording 
  • Amir Yaghmai – acoustic and electric guitar, nylon-string guitar, violin, brass
  • Chilly Gonzales – keyboards
  • Shahzad Ismaily – keyboards, organ, electric bass, drums, additional vocals, engineer
  • Todd Dahlhoff – keyboards, bass guitar, clarinet
  • Blake Mills – bass guitar, drums
  • Gabe Noel – cello, keyboards, electric guitar, bass guitar
  • Mocky – drums, keyboards, electric bass, piano, recording
  • David Ralicke – tenor and baritone saxophone, flute
  • Miguel Atwood-Ferguson – violin
  • Sarah K Pedinotti – additional vocals, percussion, field recording samples
  • Blake Mills – mixing
  • Robbie Lackritz – engineer, mixing
  • Joseph Lorge – mixing
  • Michael Harris – engineer
  • Miguel Atwood-Ferguson – engineer
  • Mark Vreeken – engineer
  • Pete Min – engineer
  • David Reichardt – engineer
  • Samur Khouja – engineer
  • Sarah K Pedinotti – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Feist, except where noted.

  1. In Lightning
  2. Forever Before
  3. Love Who We Are Meant To
  4. Hiding Out in the Open
  5. The Redwing
  6. I Took All of My Rings Off
  7. Of Womankind
  8. Become the Earth
  9. Borrow Trouble – Feist, Mocky
  10. Martyr Moves
  11. Calling All the Gods – Feist, Todd Dahlhoff, Shahzad Ismaily
  12. Songs for Sad Friends

Mark Knopfler: One Deep River

On April 12, 2024. “British Grove” and “EMI” labels released “One Deep River”, the tenth Mark Knopfler studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Guy Fletcher and Mark Knopfler.

Personnel:

  • Mark Knopfler – lead vocals, electric guitar
  • Richard Bennett –, acoustic and electric guitar, bouzouki
  • Greg Leisz – lap steel guitar, acoustic guitar, pedal steel
  • Guy Fletcher – synthesizer, Mellotron, harmonium
  • Jim Cox – digital piano, piano, organ, Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond organ
  • Glenn Worf – bass guitar, upright bass 
  • Ian Thomas – drums
  • Danny Cummings – percussion
  • John McCusker – fiddle
  • Mike McGoldrick – uilleann pipes, whistle
  • Emma Topolski – backing vocals
  • Tamsin Topolski – backing vocals
  • Guy Fletcher – engineer, mixing
  • Edie Delafield – engineer assistant
  • Eve Morris – engineer assistant
  • Rowan McIntosh – engineer assistant
  • Tom Coath – engineer assistant
  • Luie Stylianou – engineer assistant, mixing assistant
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Mark Knopfler.

  1. Two Pairs of Hands
  2. Ahead of the Game
  3. Smart Money
  4. Scavengers Yard
  5. Black Tie Jobs
  6. Tunnel 13
  7. Janine
  8. Watch Me Gone
  9. Sweeter Than the Rain
  10. Before My Train Comes
  11. This One’s Not Going to End Well
  12. One Deep River

James: Yummy

On April 12, 2024, “Nothing But Love” and “Virgin Music” labels released “Yummy”, the eighteenth James studio album. It was recorded in 2023, at “Abbey Road” in London, and was produced by Leo Abrahams.

Personnel:

  • Tim Booth – lead vocals
  • Adrian Oxaal – guitar, cello, backing vocals
  • Saul Davies – guitar, keyboards, violin, drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Mark Hunter – keyboards; piano, bass guitar, guitar, percussion, backing vocals
  • Andy Diagram – trumpet, whistle, backing vocals
  • Jim Glennie – bass guitar; backing vocals
  • Debbie Knox-Hewson – drums
  • Peter Glennie – guitar, trumpet, backing vocals, sound effects, engineer
  • Jon Hopkins – piano
  • Harvey Grant – keyboards, synthesizer
  • Andres Malta – keyboards, backing vocals, engineer
  • Alex Thomas – drums
  • Chloe Alper – backing vocals, additional vocal arrangements
  • Leo Abrahams – bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, mellotron, synthesizer, backing vocals, programming, strings arrangements, recording
  • Emma Smith – violin
  • Serafina Steer – harp
  • Collette Byrne – backing vocals
  • Sam Frank – programming
  • Peter Glennie – programming
  • CJ Harper – additional engineering
  • Cenzo Townshend – mixing
  • Frank Awkwright – mastering
  • Studio Fury – design, creative direction
  • Studio Evo – cover image

Track listing:

  1. Is This Love
  2. Life’s a Fucking Miracle
  3. Better with You
  4. Stay
  5. Shadow of a Giant
  6. Way Over Your Head
  7. Mobile God
  8. Our World
  9. Rogue
  10. Hey
  11. Butterfly
  12. Folks

Still House Plants: If I Don’t Make It, I Love U

On April 12, 2024, “Bison” label released “If I Don’t Make It, I Love U”, the third Still House Plants studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Shaun Crook and Darren Clark.

Personnel:

  • Jess Hickie-Kallenbach – vocals
  • Finlay Clark – guitar
  • David Kennedy – drums

Track listing:

  1. M M M
  2. Pant
  3. Sticky
  4. More Boy
  5. Probably
  6. 3xcr3w3
  7. Silver Grit Passes Thru My Teeth
  8. Headlight
  9. No Sleep Deep Risk\
  10. Pushed
  11. More More Faster

Wednesday: Rat Saw God

On April 7, 2023, “Dead Oceans” label released “Rat Saw God”, the fifth Wednesday studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Drop of Sun” in Asheville, North Caroline, and was produced by Alex Farrar.

Personnel:

  • Karly Hartzman – vocals, guitar
  • MJ Lenderman – guitar, backing vocals
  • Xandy Chelmis – lap steel
  • Margo Schultz – bass
  • Alan Miller – drums
  • Alex Farrar – engineer, mixing
  • Huntley Miller – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Karly Hartzman, Margo Schultz, Mark Jacob Lenderman, Richard Miller and Alexander Reuben.

  1. Hot Rotten Grass Smell
  2. Bull Believer
  3. Got Shocked
  4. Formula One
  5. Chosen to Deserve
  6. Bath County
  7. Quarry
  8. Turkey Vultures
  9. What’s So Funny
  10. TV in the Gas Pump